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In a species of sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus), flower colour and pollen grain shape are determined by two genes located on the same autosome. A dihybrid plant heterozygous for both characteristics (PL/plPL/plPL/pl) is test-crossed with a double homozygous recessive plant (pl/plpl/plpl/pl).

The phenotypes of the resulting 1000 offspring are recorded as follows:

  • Purple flowers, long pollen: 415
  • Purple flowers, round pollen: 85
  • Red flowers, long pollen: 75
  • Red flowers, round pollen: 425

What is the recombination frequency between the locus for flower colour and the locus for pollen shape?

8.0%8.0\%8.0%

16.0%16.0\%16.0%

32.0%32.0\%32.0%

84.0%84.0\%84.0%

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